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Now his legal team have confirmed that the Russian national is now out of jail, and that he is currently in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
A federal court on Thursday ordered the Pentagon to set free from Guantáaamo a former Russian Army ballet dancer turned devout Muslim whose plight captured the imagination of a Massachusetts college town.
His attorney said Monday that Mingazov would resist going back to his homeland, which Thompson said has sent delegations to meet Mingazov at this base and informed him he would be punished for fleeing Russia without permission.
Ravil Mingazov Referred for prosecution.
Now his legal team have confirmed that the Russian national is now out of jail, and that he is currently in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
"We will use this visit and put the question bluntly so that this special facility will be closed as soon as possible," Dolgov said, noting that the long-discussed meeting had been delayed for "many months, if not years" because conditions for the visit had not been agreed upon with the US.
Now his Washington DC-based lawyers have filed an official application with the UK Home Office appealing for Mingazov to be allowed to rejoin his family, who were granted political asylum in the UK last year. His 15-year-old son Yusef and former wife Dilyara Mingazov live in Nottingham along with several relatives.
In April 2013, the U.S. barred a Russian delegation from visiting Mingazov at the base in Cuba on the grounds that the prisoner had refused to meet them.
Now his Washington DC-based lawyers have filed an official application with the UK Home Office appealing for Mingazov to be allowed to rejoin his family, who were granted political asylum in the UK last year. His 15-year-old son Yusef and former wife Dilyara Mingazov live in Nottingham along with several relatives.
His attorney said Monday that Mingazov would resist going back to his homeland, which Thompson said has sent delegations to meet Mingazov at this base and informed him he would be punished for fleeing Russia without permission.
A federal court on Thursday ordered the Pentagon to set free from Guantáaamo a former Russian Army ballet dancer turned devout Muslim whose plight captured the imagination of a Massachusetts college town.
"We will use this visit and put the question bluntly so that this special facility will be closed as soon as possible," Dolgov said, noting that the long-discussed meeting had been delayed for "many months, if not years" because conditions for the visit had not been agreed upon with the US.
Ravil Mingazov Referred for prosecution.
In April 2013, the U.S. barred a Russian delegation from visiting Mingazov at the base in Cuba on the grounds that the prisoner had refused to meet them.
Ravil Mingazov Referred for prosecution.